The girl's name was Laila. When called an Arab, she would insist she was a Bedouin—a Bedouin of the Hawazin Tribe.
The girl's father was from the Haybar Desert on the Arabian Peninsula. He was a Bedouin of the Hawazin Tribe.
But the Bedouin of the Hawazin Tribe rarely traveled to Medina, because the elders said the people there were always haughty.
Even though it was close to Holy Medina, few would visit the sacred city. In fact, many in the tribe had a poor impression of both the city and its people.
This wasn't because they had ever been there, but because the tribe's elders would always shake their heads and say, "The people there are arrogant, their minds filled with nothing but copper coins and urban splendor. They've long since lost the glory of their ancestors."
The elders also said that those who left the desert forgot the tribe's ancient traditions, no longer understanding the resilience forged in sandstorms or the Courage found under the sun and moon.
